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  • The Old Corral: A Brief History of Native Americans in Cinema

    Cowboys and Indians; that was what I played with my friends when I was a boy (in the dark, distant 1950s). Indians were the eternal foe of the brave cowboy. They were fearsome and brandished tomahawks or shot arrows from their bows (usually plastic ones), but they fell beneath the might of our cap-gun Colts. Of course we knew there were some good Indians. After all, we all followed The Lone Ranger, and Tonto was good alright (poor Jay Silverheels, always getting the dirty work to do and sayin...

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  • OLIVE: New Signature Series Begins with High Noon and Johnny Guitar

    Boasting 'pristine audio and video...and an abundance of exciting bonus material,' Olive Films has announced the first two titles in their new Criterion-esque Signature series: the 1952 Gary Cooper Western High Noon and 1954's Johnny Guitar. Both were originally released by Olive in 2012 but will be receiving new 4K restorations. Bonus features to the DVD and Blu-Ray are below. High Noon and Johnny Guitar will be available o...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Five Titles in Latest Wave

    Five new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. They are: About Face (1952) - Gordon MacRae, Eddie Bracken Act One (1963) - George Hamilton, Jason Robards, Jack Klugman, Sam Levene, Eli Wallach A Cry in the Night (1956) - Edmond O'Brien, Brian Donlevy, Natalie Wood, Raymond Burr Manhunt in the Jungle (1958) - Robin Hughes, Luis Álvarez,...

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  • Silent Cinema: A Not-So Quiet Trip to the Beach

    Beach movies may be intimately associated with bikinis and post-war nostalgia but the fact is motion pictures have been going on vacation to the ocean from the very beginning; surf, sand, swimsuits and an excuse for a bit of fun. Who can blame filmmakers for taking advantage of the setting?To get into the summer spirit, here are a selection of silent films that take full advantage of their beach setting, a combination of famous and obscure, comedies and dramas. Best of all, they a...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: To Have and Have Not Debuts on Blu

    Warner Archive has announced the release of the 1944 adventure, To Have and Have Not, on Blu-Ray as part of their Archive Collection. Released on DVD through Warner in 2003, this marks the first time the Howard Hawks military romance has received HD treatment. The stellar cast includes Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. To Have and Have Not will be available here at ClassicFlix on August 9th and adds to the total of over 1,600&nbsp...

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  • FLICKER CINERAMA: Best of Cinerama and Russian Adventure Arrive in November

    Over a year since their last Cinerama releases, Seven Wonders of the World and Search for Paradise, Flicker Alley continues their quest to make Cinerama available on home video with the release of Cinerama's The Best of Cinerama and Russian Adventure. Both titles are being released in Blu-Ray / DVD Combo packs and each release has its own bonus content (below). Both will be available here at ClassicFlix on November 22nd. ...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Silk Stockings, Deanna Durbin & More in Latest Wave

    Four new releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection including the arrival of Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse's Silk Stockings (1957) on Blu-ray. Also being released is the 1940 Deanna Durbin stage drama It's a Date. And, finally, the studio is releasing the Ida Lupino/Paul Henreid war drama In Our Time(1944) and Edward G. Robinson's A Dispatch From Reuters (1940). All titles ...

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  • OLIVE: Yours, Mine & Ours (Blu) Plus Three More in September

    Olive Films has announced a September 13th release date for the Blu-Ray debut of the 1968 family film Yours, Mine and Ours. The Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball-starring comedy was originally put out on DVD by MGM in 2006 and will be receiving an upgraded DVD from Olive. Also arriving on the same day is 1915 Cecil B. DeMille silent The Captive, as well as The Monster of Piedras Blancas and Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Univers...

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  • 100 Years of Olivia de Havilland

    One of the great stars of American cinema, two-time Oscar winner Olivia de Havilland, celebrates her centennial birthday on July 1, 2016.Olivia de Havilland was born in Tokyo. Her sister, Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine, was born the following year, in October 1917.The girls relocated with their mother to Northern California when they were very young. Olivia was spotted in a college production by director Max Reinhardt, who cast her in his stage and film versions o...

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  • KINO BLU: Daddy Long Legs Plus Noir & War This September

    Six more titles from Kino are scheduled for release on Blu-ray in September, with all six premiering on Blu. Leading the pack on September 6th is the Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron musical Daddy Long Legs (1955), originally released in 2006 by 20th Century-Fox. The studio will also release two film noirs: Cry of the City starring Victor Mature and Road House with Cornel Wilde (both 1948), as well as two war films...

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